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Species Jassa marmorata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)

Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)

Superorder Peracarida (Peracarida (Amphipods and Isopods))

Order Amphipoda (Amphipods)

Suborder Senticaudata

Family Ischyroceridae

Genus Jassa

Species marmorata (Jassa marmorata)

Explanation of Names

Jassa marmorata Holmes 1905

Identification

Patterning generally distinctive; for more solidly colored individuals, the following characters separate from Ischyrocerus anguipes:

Propodus of second chela is much larger than that of the first chela in both sexes (in I. anguipes, only the male has such an enlarged propodus)

Hind margin of propodus of second chela with prominent tooth (absent in I. anguipes)

Second coxae dissimilar from third coxae (very similar in I. anguipes)(1)

Internet References

WoRMS

Works Cited

1.	The Arthrostraca of Connecticut Kunkel B.W. 1918. Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey.

Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 23 June, 2015 - 10:33pm
Last updated 18 April, 2016 - 7:48pm

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